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Two Foundation Coal Mines Win Safety Honors.
Foundation Coal’s low-seam Kingston No. 1 and No. 2 mines have
received the Joseph A. Holmes award for West Virginia for 2007.
The recognition highlights mines that exemplify safe production
through outstanding safety records, and will also be given to
affiliate Rockspring Development for its Camp Creek mine.
“The awards are the result of an intense focus on safety at all
of our operations,” company senior vice president of operations
Jim Bryja said.
The Kingston room-and-pillar mines are in Fayette County, WV,
and are thin seam operations. No. 1 extracts a seam of 28-30
inches under an average cut height of 52-56 inches, and No. 2’s
cutting height is 54-60 inches...>>more
capsule
news
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a unit of American
Electric Power, has approval to construct a 600-megawatt
coal-fueled power plant in Hempstead County in southwest
Arkansas. Estimated cost of the plant is approximately $1.34
billion with SWEPCO investing 73 percent of the total. SWEPCO
will own 440 megawatts of the plant’s capacity. Construction
will take approximately 48 months with an expected commercial
operation date in late summer 2012...>>more
coal events
IMCC 2008 ANNUAL MEETING
DATE:
May 18-21
SITE:
Teton Mountain Lodge and Spa
CITY/STATE: Teton Village (Jackson Hole), Wyoming
SPONSOR: Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC)
CONTACT: Beth A. Botsis
IMCC
445-A
Carlisle Drive
Herndon, VA 21070
PH:
703/709-8654
FAX:
703/709-8655
E-Mail: bbotsis@imcc.isa.us
WEB:
www.imcc.isa.us
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coal people in the news
Four vice
presidents have been promoted at Fenner Dunlop Americas,
Scottsdale, GA. Chuck Prezioso promoted to executive vice
president of operations, responsible for all manufacturing
operations in the company’s four heavyweight conveyor belt
manufacturing plants and single lightweight belting facility;
Jim Gann promoted to executive vice president of lightweight and
business development and will continue to work in business
development while taking on additional P&L responsibility for
the lightweight belting division in Charlotte, NC, and will be
supported by Prezioso; Doug Simmons promoted to executive vice
president of sales and marketing and will maintain his existing
responsibilities within the sales and marketing group consisting
of industrial and mining sales, national accounts and export
sales; Dan Fischer promoted to executive vice president of
finance and will maintain his existing responsibilities in the
finance department...>>more
product news
Bucyrus
International Inc., S. Milwaukee, WI, announces that its Belt
Division has a contract with Bowie Resources to supply Bowie
with a panel belt conveyor system consisting of a 54” Quad 400
HP Variable Frequency Drive Main terminal group with two 54”
Dual 400 HP VFD Tripper terminal groups. As part of the
longwall rapid retreat/advance panel belt system Bucyrus will
supply a 700’ belt storage unit, which includes a 250 HP, all
electric AC VFD winch. Call Guido Schawohl at +49 (0) 709 2306
709-1183...>>more
worldwide news
Linatex
Europe has partnered with Cyriac Tor, a manufacturer of hard
metal slurry pumps in the United Kingdom. Linatex will sell the
Cyriac Tor range of pumps branded the Linatex CT Pump range
initially in Europe and North and South America with a global
rollout expected later this year. The Linatex CT Pump has been
engineered to optimize abrasive slurry handling and fits a wide
range of mining applications. The pumps are available in sizes
ranging from 50/32 up to 250/200 and offer a range of sealing
arrangements...>>more
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